Supervised Parenting Time Services
A Differential Approach and Design: Six Degrees of Visitation

When: February 24, 2026 | 1 PM to 2 PM Eastern

Cost: $30 for MA AFCC Chapter Members | $45 Non-Members

Registration is available here.

Overview
Supervised parenting time is not a one-size-fits-all intervention. This one-hour webinar provides a practical overview of the continuum of supervised parenting time, from highly intensive, hands-on supervision to more passive, “fly-on-the-wall” models.

Designed for family law attorneys and mental health professionals, the webinar will explore the different levels of supervision and interventions available and/or appropriate for each family’s situation, how roles and expectations shift across models, how supervision can be used thoughtfully to enhance child and parent emotional and physical safety, improve parent–child relationships, and assist in case decision making and progression.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Differentiate levels of supervised parenting time and describe the key features, goals, and limitations of intensive, moderate, and passive supervision models.
2. Identify appropriate indications and risks associated with each level of supervision, using legal and clinical considerations to inform recommendations and court orders.
3. Apply a shared interdisciplinary framework to improve collaboration between lawyers, court personnel, mental health professionals, parenting time professionals and families when recommending, ordering, implementing and reviewing supervised parenting time services.

Speakers

Howard Yaffe, MSW, LICSW has more than 30 years of clinical work supporting children and families in various agencies and settings. He has been the director of Meeting Place, one of the first supervised visitation programs in Massachusetts, for 20 years. In his private practice, he provides individual, family and couples psychotherapy and has a focus on supporting children and families through the divorce process. He has taught High-Conflict Co-parenting classes through William James College of Psychology, has presented several webinars, workshops and trainings for NASW, the Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem and the Supervised Visitation Network. He is a past president of the Supervised Visitation Network Board of Directors and is a current board member of the Massachusetts Chapter of AFCC.

Premela Deck, LICSW, JD, PhD is a forensic social worker, family law attorney, educator, and researcher who leads a forensic mental health practice in Massachusetts providing parent coordination, therapy, custody evaluations, consulting, and support groups for court-involved families. Drawing on her background as a litigator, researcher, and clinician, she integrates multidisciplinary perspectives in her work and serves on the Massachusetts AFCC board.